Abstract

A PILOT OBSERVATIONAL STUDY TO ANALYSE THE RELATION BETWEEN CAUSATIVE FACTORS AND TYPE OF SHIRASHOOLA

Reshma R. Nair*, Midhu Krishnan and Rohini Purohit

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Abstract

Background: Shiras is considered as Uttamanga Shirashoola is an important disease included under the broad spectrum of Shiroroga. Shirashoola is a disease in itself as well as it is a symptom for many other diseases, seeking medical help. As per recent studies 35% of younger people suffer from headache per month in India. So in this study 20 -30 years of age group was selected and the result was76% of people suffer from Vataja Shirashoola. Hence this is an attempt to find out the relationship between Shirashoola and causative factors among this age group of young adults. This might further help in devising effective preventive and therapeutic methods. Objectives: To assess the relation between causative factors and Shirashoola and to find the statistical significance of relation between Nidana and symptoms of headache. Methods: An observational study conducted in 50 subjects of age group 20-30 years. Data was collected by preparing questionnaire through google form and it was collected and documented, analysed, and interpreted. Results: The study shows that the symptoms of Shirashoola, correlated to the causative factors shows a statistically insignificant value which is greater than 0.05, except to the correlation for intake spicy food and burning type of pain during headache giving a statistically significant relation with P value is 0.01. Conclusion: There is no statistical significance of causative factors and type of Dosha involved in causing Shirashoola In the age group between 20 to 30 years.

Keywords: Shirashoola, headache, causative factors.